Merry Christmas: Minecraft 1.4.6 is out now

The most obvious inclusions in this update are functional fireworks and some special Christmas surprises, but there's also a host of minor bug fixes and tweaks to the game that will tide us through on the way to Minecraft 1.5. Be sure to listen to Minecraft Christmas while you're playing and, for maximum festivity, don't forget to try the Christmas mods that allow you to build things like the house shown above. Ho ho ho!

And don't forget to hoe, too, to plant your seeds.

Ahem. Click through to see an extremely detailed breakdown of version 1.4.6 .

Are you ready? Okay, here's a change log courtesy of reddit's brilliant redstonehelper:

Game elements

Added Thorns enchantment:

Enchants armour.

Three tiers.

Deals damage to attackers depending on its tier.

Wears armor down faster.

Improved some enchantments:

Fire Protection now extinguishes fire more quickly.

Blast Protection now reduces explosion recoil.

Protection no longer is as good as all specific Protection enchants combined.

Added Touchscreen Mode setting:

Mainly for inventories.

You can drag and drop items, hold long to halve the stack before dragging.

Added and changed many minor things:

Made item drops and framed items render in 3D when using fancy graphics. Screenshot

Added tool highlight when switching items in the hotbar. After switching, its name shortly appears above the hotbar - options.txt:heldItemTooltips - Screenshot

Right-clicking while sneaking now uses the held item instead of the selected block.